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Reading Skill: Problem and Solution

Complete the problem and the solution with the correct phrases.

Make a Law against Junk Food Ads for Kids Problem and solution is a pattern of
organization where information in a
passage is expressed as a concerning
issue (a problem) and something that
Problem There are too many junk food ads for children. was, can be, or should be done to
remedy the issue (solution). Readers
can understand the passage better by
Audience Senator identifying the problems and the
solutions.

• Children see more than twenty food ads per day on TV, and seventy-two percent .
of them are for candy, snacks, cereals, or fast food.

Supporting • Junk food is bad for children’s health, leading to a higher risk of many diseases.

Facts and • Companies give children toys so that they want to eat more junk food .

Examples
• Companies use cartoon characters in their ads, so children think the food must

be good.

Solution The senator should make a law against junk food ads for kids.

eat more junk food make a law against use cartoon characters

junk food ads a higher risk of seventy-two percent of them

Unit 2 | Stop Junk Food Ads for Kids